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Awesome Cross-Platform, Open Source Application Detects Human Heart Pulse Rate Using Computer Webcam

Using a webcam connected to a Windows, Linux or Mac OSX computer to detect the heart-rate of an individual sounds impossible but is infact very much possible and that too for free. Thanks to the awesome free and open-source cross-platform python code "webcam-pulse-detector" available at Github, users can achieve this within minutes.

webcam-pulse-detector

A Decade of iTunes Giveaway - Win iPod Transfer Software and $50 Gift Card

When opening email box, a set of 'Celebrating 10 Years of iTunes' and related news lit up my eyes and all memories about CDs, iPods and Music spurted out. I still remember in 2008 Coldplay’s "Viva la Vida" topped the list followed by Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love." One year later, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" was the top song.

Let it be far back. 2004, we witness U2's album - "How to Dismantle An Atomic bomb" tops the chart and that's my first experience of download digital music, a full album. So who will miss out this celebration?

A good news is that iMobie (a developer of PhoneClean and PhoneTrans) arranged a promotional event to celebrate this iTunes 10th Anniversary. It's a mix of giveaway, discount offer and a chance of winning $100 iTunes Gift Card.

iTunes celbration

Video demonstration of touchscreen technology developed by fujitsu for seamless data transfer between the real and virtual worlds

Gesture controlled user interfaces are without a doubt the next generation of communication channel between humans and machines. Fujitsu Laboratories, have now demonstrated their own next-generation interactive intuitive touch-and-gesture control technology which utilizes real-world objects as touchscreens bridging smart communication between real and virtual worlds.

PromiseUP now live on iOS to thwart broken/forgotten promises through gamification

PromiseUP has just launched on iOS with the goal of using social gamification to rid the world of broken (or forgotten) promises, one promise at a time. Funded by TDVF Investments and conceived of by a group of Russian developers who were sick and tired of having promises broken, PromiseUP is an novel concept which lets anyone on iOS make, track, record, and get rewarded for the promises they keep. In short: you make a promise with a friend (or yourself), set the ground rules (like when the promise needs to be completed), and set a wager (the app uses its own virtual currency that can be redeemed for a fast-growing list of tangible things). You complete the promise? You get the wager and are closer to cashing in for prizes. You don’t, and your currency is forfeited to the person you made the promise to.

PromiseUp

Broadly, the goal of PromiseUP is to make people accountable for their promises. We all make them. Most of us feel good when we do. Then we forget about them, don't do them, and either leave ourselves or others disappointed. PromiseUP wants people to actually follow through when they promise to call their mom, or to run 3 miles a day for a week. By adding a competitive, tracking (and intuitively designed) element to promises, the goal is really to improve relationships by encouraging people to follow through on what they say they'll do. PromiseUP free download link and "The World Of Broken Promises" infographic posted below.

Zero Installation, Free Online WiFi Analyzer

WiFi analyzer is an indispensable utility for troubleshooting WiFi related issues. inSSIDer is an excellent utility to get the task done, however meraki Wifi stumbler is yet another convenient to use online WiFi analyzer which requires no installation and works from any device/web-browser which can run Java applets.

Online WiFi analyzer

How To Find And Use Free iTunes Store Gift Coupon's To Create Account Without Credit Card And Download Free Stuff From Apple Store

We have learned how to create free Apple iTunes store account without using a credit-card, we also used a different trick using iTunes Gift Coupon to make our way into the AppStore without a credit-card. The iTunes coupon shared earlier is no longer redeemable, and today we will learn how to search and use free iTunes gift coupons and promo-codes to register account at Apple store and get free music, apps and games at the same time.

Luckily, there are numerous forums and websites dedicated to sharing free promotional iTunes coupons which are often shred by App developers to kickstart there listings at the store. To get your free iTunes gift code use anyone of the websites/forum linked at the end of this post - one of such is shown below.

Free code sharing at forums

AOMEI Backupper—Free Backup and Restore Software to Protect your PC

AOMEI Backupper is a new program released by AOMEI Technology. The best part is, it being totally free for home and commercial use. Owing to the increased applications and files being installed on personal PC, it is inevitable to be faced with hardware failures, virus attack and system crash. So, backup before hand is an essential step to prevent data loss. AOMEI Backupper is the utility which enables you to do easy backup and recovery operations for your data.

Overview:

No hidden quirks, no plug-in components, and 100% clean. A simple and clean graphical interface looks pleasant to the eyes and is easy to use. There is no need to search for a help article because a novice or inexperienced computer can easily handle it. Meanwhile, the options are in the left side, just like other products.

AOMEI Backupper

JellyLock - Android Jelly Bean Lock Screen On iPhone

Bored with the old iOS lock screen, here is an awesome lock screen replacement for your iPhone. Give your iPhone the Android Jellybean lock screen, the new lock screen theme features a draggable circle to unlock your device with the added functionality to directly access and launch applications like Camera straight from the lock screen. Customizations to circle, icons, transparency, apps and theme can be done from Settings.app. Video demonstration and download instructions posted after the jump.

JellyLock For iOS

How to install and use Unrar on Raspberry Pi running Debian

Decompressing RAR achieves is one basic functionality one would need on there Raspberry Pi mini-computer, while users can always download and install unrar-nonfree package from aptitude using apt-get install unrar-free, a better solution is to download and install unrar 4.1.4. Sadly, Unrar 4.1 is not available as a package in the RasPi repo. However, users can still download and install it using the following commands :

How to fix unbootable Raspberry Pi after rpi-update

rpi-update is an excellent utility to get all the latest updates and patches for your Raspberry Pi Debian operating-system. But being a utility which downloads and installs all the latest, cutting-edge core OS components it can mess things at times. A recent bad core-patch made Raspberry Pi unbootable for many, after downloading all the files successfully the RPi will fail to boot with the red LED on and green LED flashing 3 times telling a problem with boot files.

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